Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-06

Senator Booth, Chairman of the Com
mittec on the City's Bonded Debt, stated
that he had given great deal of attention
to the matter of the city debt, bat wished
to delay the final report of the committee
until Mr. Hopper, who is now engaged at
the Agricultural Pavilion, had time TO
verify his figures. This would be done at
an early day. and the committee would
then submit its conclusions.
d. A. Lindley, from the Committee on
Public Parks and Playground, reported va
rious work done, and further improve
| ments were being put forward by the COM
mittee.
THE STREET RAILWAY FRANCHISE.
Judge Beatty, of the special Committee
on Street Railway Franchises, submitted
the ordinance that has been introduced for
the J-street line, and it was read and taken
up for discussion. Judge Beatty said every
body was IN favor OF the road, but wanted
the franchise so guarded that the people
will be protected and the road built.
d. A. Lindley offered the following:
Resolved, That the Improvement Association
pledge their hearty support to any movement
that bids fair to give Sacramento a substantial
and thoroughly equipped cable or electric road
running along street and such other streets as
most liable to improve property now unim-
proved. That in order to encourage some COM
pdUy 10 spellu Ilclr money investigating the
different classes of street railroads now Oper-
atlng in the East, it would be advisable to give
such company charter with four months to
commence work. That in order to prevent
such company tying up the privileges of our
principal streets for an unreasonable length of
time, said company be required to complete
their road as far out as Ninth street inside of
eight months and as Tar as Twentieth inside of
one year, as far out as Thirty-frst and and
Twenty-eighth and r inside of two years and
as far as y inside of three years. That the
10 sd
that the road will be substantial. That COM
| mittee be appointed to draft such condition. to
be Incorporated III the charter as will carry out
| the ideas in these resolutions.
An extended and somewhat heated dis
cussion followed as to what should be re-
quired by the city of the incorporators of
the proposed street railway line. 1t was
agreed that Sacramento was not adapted to
| use of cable lines and that other motors
would be necessary.
}. o. Coleman said he had given much
attention to the subject of electric motors
and that they had been proved an entire
success, yet not in such way as to meet
with general adoption. He was in favor of
granting all encouragement possible to those
who propose to construct street railway
lines, but at the same time the interests of
| the city must be closely guarded.
Mr.. Devlin, attorney for l.. L. Lewis and
E. X. Alsip, the present applicants, was
present, as also lewis and Alsip. Mr.. Dew
| lin thought there should be no restrictions
imposed that would interfere with the con-
struction of the road. He said it was
the purpose to construct it as soon
| as possible, and, that inasmuch as the in
| corporators honestly intended to build ii,
| their standing and purpose should be taken
in good faith. But they were willing to
have any reasonable restrictions placed
| about the franchises. He said that if they
| were compelled to build, say ten blocks
| each year that the franchise lasted three
years., that was as much as should be
stipulated, as it was to their interest to
build as much more as possible.
The discussion continued until about IL
O'Clock, among those taking part being
| Judge Beatty, Grove l.. Johnson, f. r.
Dray, Senator Booth, ID. A. Lindley, J. NJ.
Avery, r. T. Devlin, DIR. Simmons, l.. L.
Lewis, f. X. Alsip, J. o. Coleman and
others. Finally the following was adopted
as a proposed amendment to the ordinance
| as to time of construction, taking the place
OF the resolution above given:
That said parties shall commence work
within four months from the date of pass
ing this ordinance, and shall prosecute the work
OF building and equipping said road diligently
and continuously until completed, and shall
construct at least ten blocks of road and put the
same in perfect order each year after the com
| mencement of work.
On motion, Judge Beatty, Senator Booth
Senator Dray and President Simmons were
| chosen as committee to present the views
OF the Association oncerning the franchise
| to the Board of Trustees at its special meet
ing this afternoon
Mrs. Major Sherman, daughter of the
author of lecture by James R. Tolles, de-
| llvered at Sacramento in 1874, upon the
| future of this city, sent as a present to the
Association fifty copies of the lecture
printed in pamphlet form. Upon motion,
the same were accepted, and the thanks of
the Association rendered to the donor.
The meeting was then adjourned